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BIO
 Claire Wilkinson is vice president for Global Issues at the Insurance Information Institute.
Ms. Wilkinson researches and analyzes a wide range of international and domestic property/casualty issues. She has co-authored papers on topics such as the handling of catastrophic risks, terrorism and obesity liability. She also acts as an industry spokesperson to the media.
Most recently, Ms. Wilkinson co-wrote a chapter on alternative risk transfer for the book International Insurance Markets: Global Dynamics and Local Contingencies that will be published by The Wharton School. She has also authored and co-authored articles that have appeared in numerous publications, including the John Liner Review, National Underwriter and Catastrophe Risk Management magazine.
Ms. Wilkinson joined the I.I.I. in 2003, after more than 10 years as a journalist reporting on international insurance issues and trends.
Ms. Wilkinson previously served as U.S. bureau chief for the U.K.-based trade newspaper Insurance Day. Prior to her assignment to New York, she was deputy editor of Insurance Day in London. She also worked as a reporter for the Financial Times newsletter and contributed articles to insurance industry surveys published in the Financial Times newspaper.
Ms. Wilkinson received her Master of Arts degree in Anglo-American Literary Relations from University College, London. She also has a Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism from the University of Wales at Cardiff and received her Bachelor of Arts degree in English and American Literature from the University of Warwick. She is currently studying for the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) designation.
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